# margin
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmɑːd͡ʒɪn/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈmɑːɹd͡ʒ(ə)n/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪn

### Noun

margin (plural margins)
* (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
* The edge or border of any flat surface.
** 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.
** 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 7:The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
* (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
** 1999, Pierre François, Inlets of the Soul: Contemporary Fiction in English and the Myth of the Fall, page 186:As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.
* A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
    margin of victory
** 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC‎:Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision.
** 2017 March 9, James P. Pinkerton, “A Deus ex Machina for the Climate Change Problem”, in The American Conservative‎:in Kentucky, for example, Trump beat Hillary Clinton by a nearly two-to-one margin
* A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
    margin of error
* (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
* (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
** 1848, William Armstrong, Stocks and Stock-Jobbing in Wall-Street:The purchaser then hands over this margin to the person with whom he hypothecates the Stock.
** 2017, Joe Duarte, Trading Options For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 140:If you borrow from your broker via trading on margin, you need to add monthly margin interest charges to your trading costs as well.
* That which is ancillary; periphery.
    This model merely nips at the margins.
* (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf.
** 1878, George Sampson V. Wills, A manual of vegetable materia medica - Issue 359, page 67:Red Whortleberry leaves have a crenate margin.

#### Derived terms

* by a wide margin
* extensive margin
* gross margin
* intensive margin
* maintenance margin
* marginable
* margin-call
* margin call
* margin of error
* margin of safety
* net margin
* profit margin
* safety margin
* solvency margin

#### Related terms

* admarginate
* marginal
* marginalia
* marginalization
* marginalize

#### Descendants

* → Cantonese: 孖展 (maa$^1$ zin$^2$)
* → Korean: 마진 (majin)

#### Translations
### Verb

margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined)
* (transitive) To add a margin to.
* (transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.
* (transitive, finance) To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral).
** 2011, Richard Lehman, Lawrence G. McMillan, Options for Volatile Markets, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 90:This sounds easy, but bear in mind that margined portfolios decline faster than cash portfolios in a bear market.

### Further reading

* “margin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “margin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Ingram, Maring, arming, raming

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English margin, from Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmar.ɡɪn/
* Rhymes: -ɡɪn, -ɪn
* Hyphenation: mar‧gin

### Noun

margin (plural margin-margin)
* margin:
** edge
    Synonyms: batas, tepi
** a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
** the yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
** (finance) collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.

#### Alternative forms

* marjin

#### Derived terms

* margin kotor
* margin penjualan
* margin penyelamat

### Further reading

* “margin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin margo.

### Noun

margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginer, definite plural marginene)
* a margin (most senses)

#### Synonyms

* marg

#### Derived terms

* feilmargin

### References

* “margin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin margo.

### Noun

margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginar, definite plural marginane)
* a margin (most senses)

#### Synonyms

* marg

#### Derived terms

* feilmargin

### References

* “margin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.